external carotid artery 3808

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external carotid artery (pair)

Identification

Official Latin term	arteria carotis externa (par)
Official term	external carotid artery (pair)
Unit identifier	TAH:U3808
Unit type	pair
Materiality	material

Navigation

Link to the unit	external carotid artery (pair)
Links of entity	generic: external carotid artery
Entity-oriented links	Universal page Definition page
External links	TA98 FMA PubMed Operative Neurosurgery AnatoNomina
Partonomic links	Level 2: arterial system Short Extended
	Level 3: common carotid artery (pair)
Taxonomic links	Level 2: segment of organ Short Extended
	Level 3: artery
Subsidiary language with Latin
Non Latin primary language

Partonomy

TAH:E10200	human body
TAH:U3568	cardiovascular system SOS
TAH:U3725	arterial system SOS
TAH:U3769	aorta SOS
TAH:U3799	arch of aorta SBS
TAH:U3804	common carotid artery (pair) UBS
TAH:U3808	external carotid artery (pair) UBU

TAH:U3809

superior thyroid artery (pair)

UBU

TAH:U3810	infrahyoid branch (pair) UBU
TAH:U3811	sternocleidomastoid branch (pair) UBU
TAH:U3812	superior laryngeal artery (pair) UBU
TAH:U3813	cricothyroid branch (pair) UBU
TAH:U3814	anterior glandular branch (pair) UBU
TAH:U3815	posterior glandular branch (pair) UBU
TAH:U3816	lateral glandular branch (pair) UBU
TAH:U15630	pyramidal artery (pair) UBU

TAH:U3817

ascending pharyngeal artery (pair)

UBU

TAH:U15631

pharyngeal trunk (pair)

UOU

TAH:U3819

pharyngeal branches (pair)

VBU

TAH:U15633	superior pharyngeal branch (pair) UOV
TAH:U15638	middle pharyngeal branch (pair) UOV
TAH:U15639	inferior pharyngeal branch (pair) UOV

TAH:U15632

neuromeningeal trunk (pair)

UOU

TAH:U15640	posterior meningeal artery (pair) UOU
TAH:U15647	hypoglossal branch (pair) UOU
TAH:U15648	jugular branch (pair) UOU

TAH:U3820	inferior tympanic artery (pair) UBU
TAH:U15656	spinomuscular artery (pair) UOU

TAH:U3821	linguofacial trunk (pair) UBU
TAH:U3822	lingual artery (pair) UOU

TAH:U3823	suprahyoid branch (pair) UOU
TAH:U3824	dorsal lingual branches (pair) VOU
TAH:U3825	sublingual artery (pair) UOU
TAH:U3826	deep lingual artery (pair) UOU

TAH:U3827

facial artery (pair)

UOU

TAH:U3828	ascending palatine artery (pair) UOU
TAH:U3829	tonsillar branch (pair) UOU
TAH:U3830	submental artery (pair) UOU
TAH:U3831	glandular branches (pair) VOU
TAH:U3832	inferior labial artery (pair) UOU

TAH:U15657

inferior labial arch (pair)

UOU

TAH:U3833

superior labial artery (pair)

UOU

TAH:U3834	nasal septal branch (pair) UOU
TAH:U15658	superior labial arch (pair) UOU

TAH:U3835	lateral nasal branch (pair) UOU
TAH:U3836	angular artery (pair) UOU

TAH:U3837

occipital artery (pair)

UOU

TAH:U3838	mastoid branch (pair) UOU
TAH:U3839	auricular branch (pair) UOU
TAH:U3840	sternocleidomastoid branches (pair) VOU
TAH:U3841	occipital branches (pair) VOU
TAH:U3842	meningeal branch (pair) UOU
TAH:U3843	descending branch (pair) UOU

TAH:U3844

posterior auricular artery (pair)

UOU

TAH:U3845	stylomastoid artery (pair) UOU
TAH:U3846	posterior tympanic artery (pair) UOU

TAH:U3847	mastoid branches (pair) VOU
TAH:U3848	stapedial branch (pair) UOU

TAH:U3849	auricular branch (pair) UOU
TAH:U3850	occipital branch (pair) UOU
TAH:U3851	parotid branch (pair) UOU

TAH:U3852

superficial temporal artery (pair)

UOU

TAH:U3853	parotid branch (pair) UOU
TAH:U3854	transverse facial artery (pair) UOU
TAH:U3855	anterior auricular branches (pair) VOU
TAH:U3856	zygomaticoorbital artery (pair) UOU
TAH:U3857	middle temporal artery (pair) UOU
TAH:U3858	frontal branch (pair) UOU
TAH:U3859	parietal branch (pair) UOU

TAH:U3860

maxillary artery (pair)

UOU

TAH:U3861	deep auricular artery (pair) UOU
TAH:U3862	anterior tympanic artery (pair) UOU
TAH:U3863	inferior alveolar artery (pair) UOU

TAH:U3864	dental branches (pair) VOU
TAH:U3865	peridental branches (pair) VOU
TAH:U3866	mental branch (pair) UOU
TAH:U3867	mylohyoid branch (pair) UOU

TAH:U3868

middle meningeal artery (pair)

UOU

TAH:U3869	accessory branch (pair) UOU
TAH:U3870	frontal branch (pair) UOU
TAH:U3871	orbital branch (pair) UOU
TAH:U3872	parietal branch (pair) UOU
TAH:U3873	petrosal branch (pair) UOU
TAH:U3874	superior tympanic artery (pair) UOU
TAH:U3875	anastomotic branch of lacrimal artery (pair) UOU

TAH:U3877	masseteric artery (pair) UOU
TAH:U3878	anterior deep temporal artery (pair) UOU
TAH:U3879	posterior deep temporal artery (pair) UOU

TAH:U3880

pterygoid branches (pair)

VOU

TAH:U3881	buccal artery (pair) UOU
TAH:U3882	posterior superior alveolar artery (pair) UOU

TAH:U3883	dental branches (pair) VOU
TAH:U3884	peridental branches (pair) VOU

TAH:U3885

infraorbital artery (pair)

UOU

TAH:U14698	middle superior alveolar artery (pair) UOU
TAH:U3886	anterior superior alveolar arteries (pair) VOU

TAH:U3887	dental branches (pair) VOV
TAH:U3888	peridental branches (pair) VOV

TAH:U3889

artery of pterygoid canal (pair)

UOU

TAH:U3890

pharyngeal branch (pair)

UOU

TAH:U15664	pterygovaginal artery (pair) UOU
TAH:U3891	descending palatine artery (pair) UOU

TAH:U3892	greater palatine artery (pair) UOU
TAH:U3893	lesser palatine arteries (pair) VOU
TAH:U3894	pharyngeal branch (pair) UOU

TAH:U3895

sphenopalatine artery (pair)

UOU

TAH:U3896	lateral posterior nasal arteries (pair) VOU
TAH:U3897	posterior septal branches (pair) VOU

Total

101 children

Taxonomy

FMA:62955	anatomical entity
FMA:61775	physical entity
FMA:67165	material entity
FMA:305751	anatomical structure
FMA:67135	postnatal anatomical structure
FMA:82472	cardinal part of organ
FMA:67619	region of organ
FMA:86140	segment of organ
FMA:306412	segment of hollow tree organ
FMA:50722	segment of vascular hollow organ
FMA:312599	segment of blood vessel tree organ
FMA:86187	segment of arterial hollow organ
FMA:50720	artery
FMA:66464	systemic artery
FMA:70504	subdivision of common carotid artery
FMA:10635	external carotid artery

Date: 21.06.2025

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